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...attleships that had been fitted with electrically manipulated turrets, the Admiralty decided to fit the ''Invincible'' with this gear. Two of the turrets were After the British defeat at the [[Battle of Coronel]] on 1 November, the Admiralty swiftly assembled a force to destroy [[Maximillian Graf von Spee|Spee]]'s S

...endent, Contract Built Ships, Clyde District, was present on behalf of the Admiralty.<ref>"The Launch of H.M.S. Tiger" (News). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 16 Dece ...ser "Tiger"''. {{TNA|ADM 1/8547/430.}}</ref> She joined the Grand Fleet at Scapa on 6 November.<ref>Parkes. p. 557.</ref> On the tenth the Commander-in-Ch

...lves off the Pentland Firth, on the Grand Fleet's route from its base at [[Scapa Flow]] in the Orkney Islands into the North Sea. Eight would be off the Fir ...a myth that the sailors lived ashore in barracks when their ships were in port. Some U-boat and destroyer crews based in Flanders did so but not the men o

...ats capsized in the Irrawady, and Callaghan earned the commendation of the Admiralty by his gallant behaviour, which saved the lives of several of the crew. The new [[First Lord of the Admiralty]], [[Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill|Winston S. Churchill]], wrote to the

...ver, is fanciful. According to his diary Arbuthnot had no meetings at the Admiralty subsequent to his speech. He did however learn of his relief in command of However, Arbuthnot was soon appointed to the Admiralty submarine committee (March–December) and then Commodore of the {{UK-DF|3}

...il 1905 when he was appointed Private Secretary to the [[First Lord of the Admiralty]]. He commanded the new [[dreadnought]] [[battleship]] [[H.M.S. Belleropho ...[his] duties" on the committee. On 29 June, 1898 he received the Board of Admiralty's thanks for a "year's work in Pigeon Lofts at Ports [Portsmouth] + Sheerne

...and superseded on 1 January, 1905. On 1 February he was appointed to the Admiralty on Committee Pay and Allowances as President of the Yard Craft Committee.<r ...rlined by a collection of five memoranda by him that were published by the Admiralty War Staff's Operations Division in May 1913. Four of these discussed cruise

...f 1812 and the first of a British naval squadron since the Battle of Grand Port in 1810. ...oned. There were insufficient sailors available to fully crew her, but two officers, six signallers and 100 other men of the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry vo

...licoe, First Earl Jellicoe|John Jellicoe]]. One of the three Senior Staff Officers was [[Percy Moreton Scott, First Baronet|Percy Scott]], and the Captain was ...e Home Fleet commanders whose opinion on rate of fire was solicited by the Admiralty. He replied, in part, "It is considered more important to have the ammunit

<br>Scapa Flow <br>Arrived Scapa Flow 5 AM commenced coaling 1280 tons, ran two torpedoes lost one, also su

[[Category:Admiralty Port Officers, Scapa]] [[Category:Principal Port Convoy Officers of Canada (Royal Navy)]]

...cer, Kirkwall; Rear-Admiral, Swarbuck Minns; the local minefields, and the officers responsible for the extended defences, the local defence flotilla, and the

yards on our port beam. ...er in the after control observed an enemy destroyer on the light cruiser's port quarter, firing on gun at ''Birkenhead''. This destroyer was not noticed o

...alty telling Hubert Edward Dannreuther he has been selected for the Senior Officers technical course in Portsmouth. ...Warrior|f=p}} and {{UK-Forth|f=p}}' from Sep 1916 and a photograph of some officers from HMS INVINCIBLE who were lost when it sank.

Armoured Cruisers pass ahead on our Port Side. not having been illuminated, turned to Port and fired Starboard